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Old 17-06-2009, 11:55 AM   #1
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Default ******* Ants

ANYONE i swear to god if i see another ant i am going to go flipping barmy.... they have a nest behind the fire place in my house... now i am in a council house and i am not allowed to remove the fire without a member of the council there.... BUT the council will not come out because they do not deal with Ants.....

Their suggestion is to put down powder all over my floors and let it do it's job.. i explained i have a baby who is crawling.. they said to keep my baby off the floor until the ants went... frigging idiot!!!


HOW CAN I GET RID OF THE ANTS!!!!!!
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Old 17-06-2009, 12:05 PM   #2
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Contact Environmental Health at the council, they have a pest control department, but may charge a fee.
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Old 17-06-2009, 12:23 PM   #3
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Old 17-06-2009, 01:48 PM   #4
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Contact Environmental Health at the council, they have a pest control department, but may charge a fee.
It was them that told me to keep the baby off the floor for x number of weeks LOL... Gotta love the council
They don't deal with Ants.

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LOL i just suggested that to my hubby... he's scared im going to make him build things again haha

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Old 17-06-2009, 04:04 PM   #5
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I used to get them a lot in my old house living in a vent in the dining room. I used to use the ant gel where you put 3 or 4 drops on a tile. It takes a few days but they keep taking the sticky liquid to the queen who then dies and the ants all die too. Maybe you could put the tile out of the way of the baby? You can also buy plastic things in DIY shops with poison in. Also my old neighbour used to do a trail of sugar leading to a big pile of sugar outside so the ants move out of their own accord but I'm not sure if this works.

I also had a deathwatch beetle nest in my old house but that's another story (which was one of the reasons why they rehoused us).
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Old 17-06-2009, 04:15 PM   #6
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EWWWW BEETLES!!!!!

I will try the gel thankyou so much..... i have spray and powder.. but im sure the little buggers enjoy the stuff.... I've tried sugar before... they don't leave they just seem to eat it and wait for some more next day haha!!

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I use limestone flour and Limestone chips/gravel outside and they hate the stuff!
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